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+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2017, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+# Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
+#
+# This file is part of Spack.
+# Created by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov, All rights reserved.
+# LLNL-CODE-647188
+#
+# For details, see https://github.com/llnl/spack
+# Please also see the NOTICE and LICENSE files for our notice and the LGPL.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation) version 2.1, February 1999.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the terms and
+# conditions of the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+##############################################################################
+#
+from spack import *
+
+
+class PyFparser(PythonPackage):
+    """Parser for Fortran 77..2003 code."""
+
+    homepage = "https://github.com/stfc/fparser"
+    url      = "https://github.com/stfc/fparser/archive/0.0.5.tar.gz"
+    giturl   = "https://github.com/stfc/fparser.git"
+
+    version('0.0.6', '15553fde76b4685fa8edb0a5472b1b53d308c3b8')
+    version('0.0.5', '14630afdb8c8bd025e5504c5ab19d133aa8cf8c7')
+    version('develop', git=giturl, branch='master')
+
+    depends_on('py-setuptools', type='build')
+
+    depends_on('py-numpy', type=('build', 'run'), when='@:0.0.5')
+    depends_on('py-nose', type='build')
+    depends_on('py-six', type='build', when='@0.0.6:')
+
+    depends_on('py-pytest', type='test')
+
+    @run_after('install')
+    @on_package_attributes(run_tests=True)
+    def check_build(self):
+        # Ensure that pytest.ini exists inside the source tree,
+        # otherwise an external pytest.ini can cause havoc:
+        touch('pytest.ini')
+        with working_dir('src'):
+            Executable('py.test')()